Training Manager: Poseidon Sea Pilots

Norwegian shipping company Bukser og Berging has placed an order for a new pilot launch to be built by Kewatec Aluboat of Finland.

This video was produced in September 2013 to provide an easy-to-understand introduction to pilotage in Japan.

Accidente del JOLLY NERO en Genova,

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation delivered a Chesapeake class pilot boat to the Seaway Pilots Inc. in Cape Vincent, NY. The Seaway pilots navigate ships in and out of the ports and harbors of the St. Lawrence Seaway between St. Regis, NY and Port Weller on Lake Ontario.

Captain Bronson Stubbs discusses what harbor pilots do

Elizabeth Marami, 28, has made history by becoming Kenya’s first female marine pilot. Born and bred in the coastal city Mombasa, Marami initially studied law at the University of Nairobi, but later changed course and went on to pursue navigation in Alexandria, Egypt for 5 years. “I always grew up knowing that I wanted to do something different, Something out of the ordinary. Being awarded a scholarship to pursue this career was God’s answered prayer…,” she says.

Jet propulsion and an intergrated rescue system.
The boat is in a really good shape!

Editors note: There was a reason why this idea of a kind of ladder-elevator did not become accepted!